Re: [SBB] recent birds

[Al Eisner <[[email protected]]>]

On Sat, 14 Jul 2007, michael mammoser wrote:

[referring to salt pond A16]
> A pair of BLACK SKIMMERS was on the second island, and
> they are incubating eggs there.

Hi, Mike:

Did you see the eggs?  I reported a pair there a week ago, with one of
them apparently incubating.  I again saw a pair there today (July 14) --
again, one appeared to be incubating, and the other made one pass at
me.  The oddity is that the location was not the same as a week ago --
perhaps 100 feet away.  So either the first location was a dry run, or
failed; the other thing which occurred to me is that they might be
brooding young, although it seems early, and there was no evidence.

Some of the Forster's are getting aggressive -- rain gear may be
called for!

Other birds this morning:  along the RR tracks, Jim Thomas and I saw
about 500 Wilson's Phalaropes (I noted a few juveniles), give or take 50.
I also had 40 to 50 Red-necked Phalaropes there, and at least 17 more
by the A16 levee.  Finally, 5 Snowy Plovers at the last pond on the left
(near the RR junction), including 2 juveniles.

 								Al Eisner

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